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by kevinrdixon
Sun Nov 15, 2020 12:22 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Fill valve seating leaking
Replies: 3
Views: 1804

Re: Fill valve seating leaking

The new valve came with a shaped washer. I think its probably just not wide enough for the hole in the cistern - its a 15mm valve, but it appear that the cistern is American (the hole is 1" and old valve has 15/16" threaded inlet). I've tried searching for conical, doughnut and rubber gask...
by kevinrdixon
Mon Nov 09, 2020 8:38 pm
Forum: Bathrooms, Drainage and Waste Plumbing Forum
Topic: Fill valve seating leaking
Replies: 3
Views: 1804

Fill valve seating leaking

I've just replaced a faulty bottom-entry fill valve, but when the water is off, its leaking down the thread (i.e. from the cistern). I think the problem is that the replacement valve is 15mm (same size as the inlet water pipe), but the original appears to be around 20mm (it had a width reduce under ...
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